flash-bang

[flash-bang]

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noun

Also called flash-bang grenade.��Also called flash grenade,.��a type of grenade that explodes with a loud noise and a dazzling flash of light, used to distract or momentarily disorient people without injuring them.
He used a flash-bang from his own utility belt to temporarily blind his pursuers.
The group is concerned that gear like flash-bang grenades and shock cuffs are leading to more aggressive policing.
a dazzling flash of light accompanied by a loud noise.
The thick smoke mingled with the occasional flash-bang of a surplus grenade.
attention-grabbing, thrilling, or impressive character; glitz; showiness.
Grounded in real-world issues, the stories examined the seamier side of life often ignored in the flash-bang of other superhero comics.

adjective

relating to or characterized by a combination of bright light and loud noise.
An intense hail started, followed by extremely close, flash-bang lightning.
catching the attention in an impressive or thrilling way; showy.
The flash-bang, hair-trigger excitement of the movie’s early scenes progressively loses impact as the stumbling saga unfolds.
Not all sports injuries are of a flash-bang type—some are cumulative, built up over months or even years.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flash-bang¹

First recorded in 1840–45

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Example Sentences

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Early Monday evening, after a few hundred people ignored dispersal orders near the Federal Building, police — firing less-lethal munitions and tossing flash-bang grenades — pushed protesters into Little Tokyo, where businesses and the Japanese American National Museum were heavily vandalized.

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But then tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades were used — by federal agents, Newsom implied.

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The picture Trump painted of the federal government’s role in the protests against immigration raids marks a sharp contrast to Newsom’s assertion that state and local law enforcement were successfully keeping the peace before federal authorities deployed “tear gas,” “flash-bang grenades” and “rubber bullets” on Angelenos exercising their constitutional right to free speech and assembly.

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As the day continued, the situation eventually evolved into the old children’s game of Red Rover: Protesters would get too close and throw water bottles, federal agents would shoot pepper balls and eventually escalate to flash-bang grenades and tear gas.

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Officials fired tear gas and flash-bang grenades at demonstrators who threw rocks and other objects at federal vehicles that departed from the business park gates.

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